Monday, June 18, 2012
A flash flood watch and hazardous weather outlook have been issued for Dakota County through Wednesday night.
Just what we need. More rain. The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook and flash flood watch through Wednesday night. Up to six inches of rain could fall Tuesday and Wednesday, as a storm front is expected to stall over Minnesota, the weather service says. Here is the text of the flash flood watch: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS ... IN MINNESOTA ... ANOKA ... CARVER ... CHISAGO ... DAKOTA ... GOODHUE ... HENNEPIN ... ISANTI ... KANABEC ... LESUEUR ... MCLEOD ... RAMSEY ... RICE ... SCOTT ... SHERBURNE ... SIBLEY ... WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN ... PIERCE ... POLK AND ST. CROIX. • …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Thunderstorms, as well as the potential of hail and tornadoes, are in the forecast for later today.
The weather in Burnsville and Dakota County will be anything but quiet today. At 11:37 a.m., the National Weather Service issued the following hazardous weather outlook for central and southern Minnesota, including Burnsville and Dakota County: "SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ONE AREA OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH OTHER STORMS CONTINUING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THEN DEVELOPING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS...BUT A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THE VICINITY OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS MORNINGS ACTIVITY...WHICH WILL RESIDE NEAR THE METRO AREA THIS…
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Severe thunderstorms with large hail and strong winds will be possible over southwest into south central Minnesota (including Dakota County) this evening.
The National Weather Service – Twin Cities this morning posted a Hazardous Weather Outlook for much of southern Minnesota for later today and tomorrow, including Dakota, Scott, Hennepin and Ramsey counties. A strong low pressure system will bring a warm front north into the region today with partly sunny skies and a high temperature near 71. Thunderstorms are expected to develop over Iowa and Nebraska this evening and lift northeast across much of the area. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and strong winds will be possible over southwest into south central Minnesota (including Dakota County) this evening and then in central Minnesota overnight. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch are possible. …
